When the German Fleet was surrendered at the close of the wae, it wae anchored in i sheet of Water known as Scapa Flow, on tie Far North of Scotland, where it was afterwards. scuttled by the German Admiral and his ohioers who had been left on! board as" wurotakers. Ib was thought thal the vast Armada mirist he beneath these ley waters for fall time. Now, more than four years after the event, when the difficulties have been multiplicd ten times by the action of the tides, the mud and sand, and the slow sinking of the great ships into the sea bottom, the task is to be essayed. The' chief difficulty facing the great firm who have signed a contract' with the Admiralty for this work is} the depth: ab which the most valuable of the ships lic. Divers have been Town to make pre liminary "investigation at "the bulls' "sides, '20 fathoms. down, They have reported a strange sight—if one may speak of seeing extends to 56,000 and its
fanong "the larger: territorials.
about @id, per acre. The bidder may have been astonished to find himself the owner of a small principality for this sum, bit, on. the other hand, he may not, "2! nominal. rental of- Galsion 1s £1,698, but the burdens amount! to'£1,243; and the nominal rental is-not always attained. Still, there is something extremely seductive in the iden of getting land at 21d. an acre.
What lies at the root, of the! failure of the crops and the present distress in the Western Islands of Scotland? Mr. Seton Gordon, "the cement naturalist, than whew no une is better ae. quainted with the facts of the Problem, hag just stated that the Climato of the Outer Hebrides was gradually becoming worse, It looked as if one of the prophecies} of the Braham Seer would be ful filled, and the day would come! when' the people would be driven from "the Long Island," as. tho} group was sometimes collectively' known, by driving rains Next to farming, Mr. Gordon said, the making of tweed brought—most money to the islands. Tweed was woven on a bandloom, and there! were just og many women weavers as men. A good weaver could) mako about three yards a day, but a weaver rarely devoted all club in his hand, and'hit the ball
the words of Kirkaldy. Sayers was always fond ofra joke, and his antics on the course " were sometimes part of his defence io a match, particularly if the he other man did not like them. In that lice the key to Willig Camp-Toe amaric thas, ho did go out to play "wi? a (qualifies doucin' moister.". Tu a match with Kirkaldy he had a contrivance whereby he strapped his Toft hand to the club. Ho, was asked if it did any good., "None at all," replied Ben; "but it wor-rics Andra," When the little man was in Amerign he sent a Post-card addressed to, "Andra, Ilel Bunker, Scotland,"—which gave the postal authorities apparently ho trouble whatever in Aolivery. As foursome tacticians Sayers and Kirkaldy had superiors and few equals. Their opponents in one of the international matches had to play the eud, and were consider-1g the position. Meantime Si rs, brassie in hond, was being Iccluved by Kirkaldy for over-flubbing himself. The Seats duologue was quite audible to the
wi' yer brassic," said Andra, One opposition. overdo it of the English players then decided upon his iron, and was bunkered in front of the green. Sayers followed with a brassic stroke to
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